It's been a while since I've posted anything , Happy to say, I've been doing very well After researching a litte on the internet about tremors, thought I'd post this...thought it was interesting. post your source  please because frankly people with RA are far more likely to have Hashimoto's disease as opposed to graves and I know of plenty of people from thyroid boards who have graves and do not have RA buckeye2008-08-27 04:40:32I have tremors real bad. I am going to the Dr. Thursday and will let you know what he says. I can't put my makeup on or hold a glass or pen to write anymore. It is embarraing and scary. Thats very interesting, I remember when I first met my hubby (I was learning rock and roll & he was the instructor) and he danced with me for the first time,  he held my hands I thought to myself, wow I must make him nervous, as he hands were shaking (tremors is what you called it, only to find out later that his hands do have tremors, he said its from years of working and the tendons are damaged. What a let down for me I have had them as far back as I can remember. In my teens. It runs in my family. My mother has them and my grandmother did too. Mine used to be really bad and like you said people noticed when I would toast or pick up anything. Also at church, I was asked to light the candles and it was down right embarrassing. I have noticed that they are not as bad as they used to be. I think it's because I take xanex for anxiety. Hmmmmm., but I don't take it all the time. Maybe a few times a week. I also thought that it may be because people with ra have weaker hands?????? Too many possibilities. I find this subject interesting as I suffer from the tremors in the hands when I try to concentrate on doing a few things at once.
Things like cooking dinner can set me off as I try to time the cooking process to coincide with the finished product.

I also notice the hand tremors after a hot shower when having a shave, sometimes I use the other hand as a steadier.

Most of the time every thing is ok, just when I do some hand eye coordination I feel those little tremors start to kick in.
I've asked the Doc about it and he has run all the tests,  his reply is that nothing is abnormal.
He has also stated that it is not the RA or the drugs.

I'm at a loss although I have to say that things are nowhere as bad as when I first got RA.
I first noticed the Tremors two weeks before coming down with RA and actually mentioned this to my partner as I was having trouble holding the Nail Gun.

Personally I feel that it is connected with RA somehow.
You know this may sound funny but I was having tremors in my hands and heart palpatations.  I was thinking it was a thyroid problem that I will tell my doctor about on 9/3/08.  (I have been waiting 1-1/2 months for an appt.)  Anyway, I stopped using salt that contains iodine and the tremors and heart palps have stopped.   I don't know if that has anything to do with it but I haven't had that problem in going on 3 weeks now.   I wonder if I had too much iodine. [QUOTE=Bodak]

I also notice the hand tremors after a hot shower when having a shave, sometimes I use the other hand as a steadier.

[/quote]

Have they ruled out multiple sclerosis?  The neuro symptoms tend to increase with the temperature in MS, because the protective myelin sheath over the nerve fibers is damaged.  MS is known as "the great masquerader."
Buckeye: Here's the website I stumbled across: Not sure how legit it is... 

Graves Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis

thanks Klynn... i went through a spell a little while back with very large tremors of the hand -- mostly my right. It was at a time when I was extremely swollen. Showed it to the doctor on a routine visit and she was really puzzled by it. It only occurred when I pressed fingers together (taking something out of the oven, etc.) Increased my 7.5 mg of pred to 10 and the tremors have stopped --and the swelling has gone down quite a bit.LOSTPOET: What did your dr. Say at your appt. last Thursday re: the Tremors you've been having?