Any chance it could be food? Maybe a food allergy? I would chalk it up to crazy puppy except the panting and scratching. Does the GSD eat the same food? If not could she be stealing his and reacting. The fact she calmed once seems to say she can.
I doubt that it's a food allergy. At least I haven't heard of an allergy where the sole allergic reaction was stress? At least as far as we can see.
As for the food sharing, we usually feed them on the lawn. She gets bored from eating quickly and comes back into the house way before all the food is gone. Also, she's pretty much in charge, so if anything, she's stealing his food