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I’m sorry to say the OCD is a form of mental illness and that the FAA would most likely reject your application for an Airman Medical Certificate. You can look this up on your own by accessing a copy or the Federal Aviation Regulations. aka., FAR’s) Look under part 61, qualifications for Airmen, or find a local AME (Airman Medical Examiner) and ask your question. Check this link, it lays out Certification requirements. Pilots, flight instructors, and ground instructors -- FAA FARS, 14 CFR

In the U.S., the process of getting a pilot's license starts with getting a medical certificate (if required for the type of certificate you want). According to this page (Pilot Medical Certification Questions and Answers ), "There are no minimum or maximum ages for obtaining a medical certificate. Any applicant who is able to pass the exam may be issued a medical certificate. However, since 16 years is the minimum age for a student pilot certificate, people under 16 are unlikely to have practical use for an airman medical certificate."The age 16 limit is a hard floor. You can start working toward your own certificate by attending ground school (which has no age limit). If you can find an instructor willing to fly you around and show you the ropes, that's great, but you can't log the flying hours until you're officially issued a student pilot certificate. (I suspect that a lot of the people who fly their first solo on their 16th birthday have taken this route. Ask your friendly neighborhood FAA Flight Standards District Office for suggestions as to how to go about this the right way.)The FAA as a whole has been kind of twitchy on this issue for almost twenty years, ever since seven year-old "little pilot" Jessica Dubroff was killed in a crash during a highly publicized attempt to be the "youngest pilot" ever to fly a plane across the United States. Ain't no such thing. A 14 year-old certainly can have the smarts (and the reach) to fly a plane, but there's no such thing as a learner's permit -- just the student pilot certificate. A law passed not long after Dubroff's death (49 U.S. Code § 44724 - Manipulation of flight controls ) made it clear that Congress doesn't want any young people trying to set aviation records, and that the FAA is to hammer anybody who helps them try.

From the 2015 Aviation Medical Examiners Medical Guide (a U.S. FAA publication):Page 9: “The following medical conditions are specifically disqualifying under 14 CFR part 67. However, the FAA may exercise discretionary authority under the provisions of Authorization of Special Issuance, to issue an airman medical certificate.” (Epilepsy is one of the conditions listed.)Page 36: “18.l. Neurological disorders; epilepsy, seizures, stroke, paralysis, etc. The applicant should provide history and treatment, pertinent medical records, current status report and medication. The Examiner should obtain details about such a history and report the results. An established diagnosis of epilepsy, a transient loss of control of nervous system function(s), or a disturbance of consciousness is a basis for denial no matter how remote the history. Like all other conditions of aeromedical concern, the history surrounding the event is crucial. Certification is possible if a satisfactory explanation can be established.”Page 139, footnote 6:“Unexplained syncope, single seizure. An applicant who has a history of epilepsy, a disturbance of consciousness without satisfactory medical explanation of the cause, or a transient loss of control of nervous system function(s) without satisfactory medical explanation of the cause must be denied or deferred by the Examiner. Rolandic seizures may be eligible for certification if the applicant is seizure free for 4 years and has a normal EEG. Consultation with the FAA required.”Even given the faint hope of obtaining a waiver as described above, I think it’s a virtual certainty that no airline would ever hire somebody with such a history, for two reasons:The waiver would have to be renewed every six months, on the first class medical certificate cycle. Somebody with epilepsy could not be scheduled until the waiver from HQ FAA was received.The airlines’ insurance carriers probably would balk at covering a pilot with such a history.Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.