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Sunshine.. someone explained a-fib like this to me, so I will pass along to you. Imagine a piece of jello sitting on a plate. As you walk throughout the house back to the couch to eat it, you notice that it wiggles, shakes, and quivers. But it just lays there, doesnt move around on the plate (unless you trip) but just wiggles around. That is what the top chamber of your heart does when it is in A-fib. The risk of this is that while you top chamber doesnt pump blood out, it has the possiblilty of forming a clot. And then when you heart suddenly decides to beat again, the risk is that clot will travel to you lung or other parts of your body which can cause severe damage. It is very risky. However most of the time for this to happen is when you are in this A-fib a lot, like I would say over 50% of the day for many days. The longer your in it, the more chance of a clot. So if you have a lot of a-fib that is what they put you on blood thinners to prevent clots. I would guess like Lenin that you dont have a heart of an 80 year old, however a-fib does not usually affect young people. So that is why they probably said that. I would wonder if you had Atrial tachycaria as opposed to a-fib since that is common in young females, and quite common in eating disorders. However most people have a very slow heart rate with anorexia. At any rate, either condition is more than likely exaggerated by eating disorders and rapid weight loss. Hope that helps, and hope you liked my jello story.