Article: Extreme stress: what every woman should know about panic attacks.(good health: SMART WAYS TO STAY WELL, EAT RIGHT, GET FIT)

The country's economic crisis has slammed Sandra Kasper's family harder than many. Her husband has lost his job as a home remodeler, and their own house of 14 years went into foreclosure. For Kasper, 40, who's an office manager and the mother of three, the hard times mean constant worry about finances. But there's more: The anxiety has also triggered severe panic attacks. And even when she's able to cope with them, she's in constant fear of another attack. "I like to be in control," says Kasper. "But this is completely out of my control."

Her first attack occurred while she was driving with her daughter near their Grafton, OH, home. Kasper couldn't breathe, she ...

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