Aaah! If you have GERDS do NOT (under any circumstance) drink peppermint tea! You'd be burping acid for days!!! Ginger can also be bad.
The enteric peppermint capsules are supposed to be okay, but be careful - I was fine for a while and then, wham, I had lovely acidic peppermint burps and heartburn!
Btw, this should probably be in the Eating For IBS board, but hey! 
I'm assuming you were properly diagnosed in the first place. For that you NEED to have blood work and a colonoscopy, etc. Also, if your symptoms change in a major way, you should have another colonsocopy! What fun, eh?
I've never had Zelnorm, but that doesn't sound good. I'd stpp taking it and go back to the doctors.
Re. anti-inflammatories, NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatories, eg. Ibuprofen) are bad for your tummy. I think me using them so much growing up (long story) probably contributed to me getting IBS.
This diet should help you. The only people it doesn't seem work on properly are those with sensitivities/allergies to wheat. I've heard the white-bread-bad argument so many times, but it just doesn't apply to my IBS. Before I discovered Heather I spent a w/e at my parents eating lots of nutty brown bread and then wondered why I was so ill on the Monday! Doh!
The GI cocktail (love that expression - just imagine us sitting in A&E drinking something wild out of a cocktail glass, with obligatory paper umbrella!  ) almost certainly contains a strong smooth-muscle relaxant. You can get milder ones to take regularly - I'm on Spasmonal Forte (ALverine Cotrate).
Good luck! Soz this is an essay.
Linz
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