Need Remission Reality Check

I've heard that us RA patients can have remissions but after 4 years with it, I haven't had one. 1st year did the steroids as needed, then went on to Methotrexate, then onto Humira for the last 2-3. Right now I do the Metho. once a week, Humira every 2 weeks, steroids as needed, Celebrex rarely, pain meds as needed. I have seen improvements after going on the Metho. & Humira, but no total remission where I felt like I did before RA. Is that even a correct idea of remission? Is remission, just better, or is it more like the normal life before RA?

My Dr. seems happy with me being on the Humira & Metho. but seems leary to change me on another Biologic, as if they are more dangerous with side-effects? At this point I figure I'm already taking dangerous meds but am weighing the results of a life with them or being totally miserable without them. But anyway, I'm curious about the people on here, can you chime in to how long you had RA before a remission, did you ever get one, if you did, what were you taking to bring on the remission, was it from a change in meds? I just want to face this realisticly. I don't want to get my hopes up for a remission if it is more of a rare thing, or patients don't tend to get them in the first few years of RA. Thanks for your info.!